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SlippyBlue
11 Oct 13 13:26
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This blokes daughter lives in Ashtead in Surrey which is pretty much 'stockbroker belt'. It's not just her though, my mate's son is 11 and as far as I know has been to Spain once, is white middle class, goes to a good school etc. He says things like 'yeah man' and aks instead of ask, which drives his Dad mad.

My local betting shop has always been a West Indian stronghold, some English bloke I know goes in there and when the brethren are giving it the  'big licks' he joins in and is barely coherent to me with his Rasta stylee talk. Yet when he speaks to me he has got the same accent that I have. It's all very puzzling I must say. Does anyone know what it's all about as I'm bemused by it all?
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Report SqueezeFirmly October 11, 2013 1:30 PM BST
They are practising for when the grevilles take over the country, so their great great grandchildren will be fluent in it. Laugh

Better than teaching them Urdu I suppose.
Report i_agree_with_nick October 11, 2013 4:09 PM BST
do they do that thing where they flick their wrist in celebration?

They all seem to shake hands with an arm wrestling type grip too. Although all the tennis players do that
Report SlippyBlue October 11, 2013 4:57 PM BST
My mates lad does do the finger flick thing as well. The shank hands is a clenched fist on fist but to be honest I do that as well sometimes with certain people Blush It's a hygiene thing though.
Report i_agree_with_nick October 11, 2013 5:00 PM BST
Yeah, as I said, all the tennis players semm to shake like that. I guess it's seen as a more informal gesture. Not sure of its origins tbh
Report Shanelee1966 October 11, 2013 5:04 PM BST
Just read that Paul Weller has sent his kids to private school as he didn`t want them talking like Ali G Shocked
Report i_agree_with_nick October 11, 2013 5:07 PM BST
Paul Weller's the last person I'd expect to say that. In fact, he's the last person I'd expect to send his kids to a private school
Report SlippyBlue October 11, 2013 5:09 PM BST
Just read that Paul Weller has sent his kids to private school as he didn`t want them talking like Ali G

Respec to The Modfather.
Report i_agree_with_nick October 11, 2013 5:13 PM BST
He was married to a black woman wasn't he? Not sure if he had kids with her but I guess they'd be grown up by now.

Seem to remember seeing pictures recently of him with a very attractive woman half his age
Report alun2005 October 11, 2013 5:18 PM BST
This "white middle class kids taking in a Jamaican accent" is indeed a truly embarrassing phenomenon of our times. Little wonder they eventually later become Professional Offence Takers on behalf of our black citizens when a Pretendy Offence has occurred.

Speaking of which, a few years ago of course shortly after The 42 Inch Plasma Telly Riots of August 2011, Prof. Starkey was ludicrously slaughtered by "progressives" for making perfectly sensible observations about this ridiculous phenomenon of white kids trying to live like some Gangsta from the LA ghettoes. Or the Croydon ghettoes maybe.

Needless to say, he was quickly shouted down by the idiot liberal media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAGTE_RGN4c
Report SlippyBlue October 11, 2013 5:20 PM BST
Yes iagwn, he married Dee Cee Lee who was a backing singer with The Style Council.
Report desperatemunter October 11, 2013 5:33 PM BST
yes privileged kids trying to act all street is utterly sickening - I'd force them to take the whole package, the nasty things that also go with the 'street' attitude.   ie beat them black and blue, take all their their money and make them homeless.  See how cool they think it is talking in code then.
Report pixie October 11, 2013 5:35 PM BST
Bah Humbug! Kids of today rebelling and being influenced by America and music, eh? It would never have happened in our day......
Report brendanuk1 October 11, 2013 5:36 PM BST
isnt Gideon talking lessons on how to talk "street"?
Report Capt__F October 11, 2013 11:50 PM BST
safe
Report G1_Jockey_4 October 12, 2013 8:13 PM BST
its not just the middle class

there is a west indian influence in the London accentwhich has crept in over the years and it sounds rancid.
Report SlippyBlue October 12, 2013 8:16 PM BST
I firmly believe Althea and Donna have got a lot to answer for.
Report G1_Jockey_4 October 12, 2013 8:21 PM BST
never erd of em meeeeyte  init
Report Coachbuster October 12, 2013 8:36 PM BST
Paul Weller is a grade A ****
Report G1_Jockey_4 October 12, 2013 8:51 PM BST
beer can sandwich ?
Report macarony October 13, 2013 2:16 PM BST
Up our way most of the yoots try to talk like a gypsy.
Report brendanuk1 October 13, 2013 2:31 PM BST
Do you want your drive tarmaced Mister Confused
Report macarony October 13, 2013 2:34 PM BST
Kecker mang nix charver thres muskrs about ya flatty face gourger
Report i_agree_with_nick May 31, 2017 2:56 PM BST
Anyone else noticed people saying "Westminister"? (extra 'i')
Report dustybin May 31, 2017 6:31 PM BST
Blame the tories; not only was daddy a liar but aitken's daughter tried her hardest to be anything but indiginous, to humourous proportions.
Report Johnny_Mustang May 31, 2017 6:43 PM BST
Nothing gets on my nerves more than this. Heard a couple of kids in the pub the other night "aks this, aks that" all flipping night.

Put me right off my jerk chicken and fried plantain I can tell you.

Bumberclarts.
Report unitedbiscuits May 31, 2017 6:48 PM BST
Awful development.

It's a bit harsh but it happens unconsciously for most listeners - you just knock 10 points off the speaker's IQ.

Which is a shame for Londoners.

Maybe it will change.

Kate Tempest is the only one I can listen to.
Report jamesdean May 31, 2017 6:54 PM BST
Poor kids dressing like they're rich
Rich kids dressing like they're poor
Oh my God
White kids talking like they're black
Well I tried it with Charlene
And I spent 3 days on my back
Ah she said maybe I like the cut of your J.I.B.


copyright Doherty circa 2005'
Report casemoney May 31, 2017 9:18 PM BST
DIVERSE is the Word ,I would start worrying when the prayer mats appear .
Report unitedbiscuits May 31, 2017 9:24 PM BST
Naife crime
Report Just Checking May 31, 2017 9:28 PM BST
If I had a child who said "aks" instead of "ask" I'd be at social services explaining that the red mist isn't really avoidable in such situations SadAngryAngryAngryAngry. There was some idiot who used to come on the football forum calling people "blood".
Report DStyle May 31, 2017 10:04 PM BST
white middle class children recognise only too well how utterly uncool and uniform they are, so they pretend they're from somewhere else.

it's not a new phenomenon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKF8KkD7rE
Report casemoney May 31, 2017 10:06 PM BST
JC the word u are looking for is "BLURD"
Report The Leopard September 30, 2017 10:15 PM BST
This thread Slippy ?
Report Just Checking September 30, 2017 10:23 PM BST
LOL there's me there, seething with my "I hate AKS" fetish :) But I do! I HATE IT AND I DONT CARE WHO KNOWS!
Report ufcdan September 30, 2017 10:26 PM BST
The new Cockney accent SadSadSad
Report The Leopard September 30, 2017 10:34 PM BST
When the middle class kids get a job they tend to drop the affectation.
Report Just Checking September 30, 2017 10:51 PM BST
There was some comedy a while back called "Phone Shop", I have no idea if it was funny or not (and I like comedies) because I couldn't watch it due to the accent! ...
Report SlippyBlue September 30, 2017 10:51 PM BST
Myself as well J.C. You are not alone trust me. l just think it's bloody embarrassing to be honest with you and it has a lot to do with peer pressure at school metinks innit?
Report bigH October 1, 2017 8:01 AM BST
did you ever watch "Abz on the farm" ?
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